US police are using Pokémon Go to lure criminals to their stations

Virginia’s Smithfield Police Department invited eight ‘random citizens’ to catch super-rare Ditto in their processing room, after New Hampshire police employed same tactic

 Smithfield police department invited selected citizens to catch a rare Pokemon in a tongue-in-cheek post on Facebook. Two weeks ago, police in New Hampshire did the same. Photograph: Made Nagi/EPA

From The Guardian